University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS)
v0261871WIS
fe327d47-5825-465c-bffc-45bfd9271eff
Carthamus tinctorius L.
Asteraceae
Kowal, Robert R.
3275
2007-08-09
2007-08-09
United States, Wisconsin, Dane, Madison. 2837 University Ave., Pet Center.
Abandoned "landscaped" area between Pet Center and sidewalk. With Conyza canadensis, Taraxicum officinale, Lactuca serriola, Polyonum (annual vine). Near Thuja occidentalis shrup border with saplings of Acer Negundo, Ulmus rubra (?), Ulmus pumila, Juglans nigra, some saplings in ornamental Rosacean & Euonymus alata. One plant seen, and this collected. Looks like material on floor of animal cages thrown out here. Collected on Jul 28 & kept in a jar of water. Just a waif in the flora, not naturalized. Corollas bright yellow, aging to orange. Pappus absent.